What are Alaskans watching on YouTube?

Alaska often gets left out of maps of trends in the United States. The clean cluster of the contiguous states fit perfectly in maps of trends in the U.S. The presence of Alaska and Hawaii is often determined by the impact of the data to be displayed or the thoroughness of the graphic artist making the map. Sometimes, we’re left out because not enough information is available for the nation’s largest state.

The tool’s information page says that the dashboard is an experiment in visualizing YouTube data. The map displays the most shared or viewed videos from the last 12-24 hours.

Information is available for Alaska’s three largest cities.

So what are Alaskans watching?

In Anchorage the most shared video is the “True Blood Season 6 Trailer”

Fairbanksans are into music videos today with “Queens of the Stone Age – I Appear Missing”

Juneau is sharing the “Young Woman Being Arrested for Nothing” video from the story about the Alaska State Trooper investigation.

You can sort the information for views or shares and by age groups below the map. A list of videos on the right also show the most popular videos overall. A more comprehensive dashboard is also included, yet Alaska cities are absent from those lists.

The FAQ notes the tool is just getting started and with the nature of YouTube in mind answers another important question:

An online controversy spread to the halls of city government in Anchorage on Tuesday, with accusations flying about fake news, liberal media bias and a militant Islamic training camp in Wasilla that does not exist.

Related articles

Upcoming Events

Event Details

Our November 17 recording of

Event Details

Our November 17 recording of Writers’ Showcase has been postponed until December 15 at 7 p.m. Please join us for this free event @360 in the KTOO building. A list of the episode’s writers and actors is coming soon.